I am happy to report that my dad has finally arrived in Kenya after much anticipation. He arrived late last night, instead of yesterday morning, because of some delays in Chicago made him miss all his subsequent flights. Being the seasoned traveler that he is, he managed to get them to reroute him all the way to Nairobi. The glitch (of course there was a glitch) was that he had a layover in South Africa. If you know your african geography then you'll see that it's a little out of the way. Like, across the continent out of the way. It put him about 12 hours behind schedule, but he arrived in one piece. After a white-knuckled drive from the airport (nothing particular happened, that's just how all driving is here) we arrived safe and sound in Maseno.
We've spent the better part of his first day at the St. Philip's apiary (that's where Steven's beehives are) and later that day they officiated over the first Maseno beekeepers association meeting :)
Dad has already made fast friends with Owen, our favorite 3-year old
:) Dad obviously doesn't speak much swahili, but owen doesn't seem to
mind a carried on a whole conversation with us today when he joined us
for lunch. Dad played the "kill the spider that is my hand" game, and
that transends all languages.
He came to my HIV support group meeting today and the ladies loved him. He made many of them very happy when he presented them with reading glasses. Now they won't have to hold their beading 3 feet from their faces when they're making their crafts :)
As soon as I can get to a faster computer I will post some pictures for you all to enjoy. I have been documenting on camera or film, every even remotely interesting thing that happens while my dad is here, as promised to my mom :)
jessie
